ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,488, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).
"Cartridge and manufacturing method of cartridge" was invented by Mitsuru Okada (Tokyo), Tetsuya Okuyama (Tokyo), Masayuki Kimura (Tokyo) and Yuya Serizawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exposure of a leftover material at a cartridge that forms a vapor product is prevented. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, and a connection section whose one end is ...